Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes. I did a system update, and now have problems. I know, its my own fault, should never have done it, but its done now, and this is my last try at fixing it before reinstalling.

The good news is, I can ssh in, the bad news is, when I do, i get this:

Code:

PTY allocation request failed on channel 0

I dont have sudo and ssh for root is disabled, which leaves su but I cant su:

Code:

su: must be run from a terminal

Because theres no pty devices.

Code:

ls /dev/pt*
/dev/ptmx

/dev/pts:

Which puts me in a bit of a pickle; I need root to remount pty, and pty to get to root.

After googling like a madman, I came across MAKEDEV, which as I understood didn't need permissions in order to create devices.

I compiled it and can run it, but apparently it does need permissions.

Unfortunately I still get "su: must be run from a terminal" when running the su --login line.

MannyCalavera ...

OK, I acutually made a small mistake in the above ... I ment '-i' (interactive) rather than '-l' (login) but it should have worked either way. Anyhow, a somewhat more desperate attempt at getting a pty: